lyceum

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Recent Examples of lyceum The Revolutionary generation took pride in preparing for public life through college literary societies, philosophy clubs, and lyceums – community gatherings for lectures and debates. Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025 The lyceum speaking circuit had exploded in popularity, but women were largely barred from it. James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 So, too do tours of Emerson’s home, Thoreau’s lyceum and other spots in town. Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025 The Midwest also saw an explosion of newspapers, libraries and a lyceum circuit featuring speakers like Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau. Kelly Scott Franklin, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022 Cadets practice an emergency situation during a lesson in a bomb shelter on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 1. Time, 23 Nov. 2022 All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest. Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 It was called the lyceum movement. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 27 May 2021 Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics. Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyceum
Noun
  • With its curved ceiling, the 120-seat auditorium serves not just as a film and laser show venue but also as a planetarium.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
  • The package is to include $40 million in general obligation bond funding to modernize the Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium, a 5,800-seat auditorium built in 1932.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • While there are no landmark sights in this area, the neighboring cityscape and gardens add an energy that weary road warriors can appreciate.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
  • Elsewhere, landscape designer Katsuaki Ogawa will create a new garden with covered walkways, water features, and seasonal plantings inspired by traditional Japanese gardens.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Its amphitheater has a busy calendar of live music throughout the summer, from Broadway reviews to Taylor Swift tributes.
    Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
  • After the Cyclones hired a company to schedule events for the project’s amphitheater, conversations evolved into shows at Jack Trice Stadium.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • From Fort Worth to ‘Live from New York’ Culhane started theater in Los Angeles, doing improv bits during high school.
    Ella Gonzales May 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
  • Viva Maude’s first project to hit theaters was the bold adaptation of Hedda in fall 2025, in which Thompson played the titular character.
    Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The fan in the T-shirt smiles as their image, and Plum’s, looms over the arena.
    Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Organizers for Eurovision said that a few of the disruptive attendees were removed from the arena, and their shouts were edited out of the performance clip posted by Eurovision online.
    Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • In 1936, it was leased to CBS for use as a radio playhouse.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 18 May 2026
  • The playhouse also stages seasonal works, like A Christmas Carol.
    Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 13 May 2026

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“Lyceum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyceum. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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